Full Version: Annoyances
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And now Penn Station is closed through the rush hour due to a fire. One thing after another.
Thank God I saw this before leaving. The buses will be overflowing. Looks like another long schlep down Fifth.
FDNY are out in force on first avenue opposite the hospital -- the fire is in the tunnels which go directly beneath.
Swollen tonsils, kept waking me up all night 
Can somebody please explain to me why, at the little deli across from my office, a banana is 30 cents and a small cup of coffee is 75 cents?
A bargain compared to Starbucks.
I didn't mean that the coffee is expensive - I just don't understand the difference in price between the banana and the coffee.
I never ever never ever get coffee at Starbuck's.
I never ever never ever get coffee at Starbuck's.
I see what you mean, taking into account both cost per pound and labor. For 75 cents a small cup of deli coffee, they should throw in a banana.
Badly bruised shoulder and knee from a spill last Friday - I tripped over a pile of wet floor mats in the bakery kitchen. I should keep a pair of treaded shoes in the office.
The price of a large espresso at Bar Italia in London's Soho has reached two pounds fifty, which is almost five dollars at current rates. And a large espresso is still a pretty small coffee. I suspect the owners of Bar Italia have become millionaires selling what is basically a very small amount of hot water. Their coffee is excellent, but the cost per cup must be miniscule.
| QUOTE (Wilfrid @ Sep 28 2004, 03:34 PM) |
| The price of a large espresso at Bar Italia in London's Soho has reached two pounds fifty, which is almost five dollars at current rates. And a large espresso is still a pretty small coffee. I suspect the owners of Bar Italia have become millionaires selling what is basically a very small amount of hot water. Their coffee is excellent, but the cost per cup must be miniscule. |
Lonely people are obviously willing to part with a lot of money for the solace and companionship offered by a large espresso.
That's even more impressive than the $4.25 cappuccino (in a paper cup_ at the coffee shop in Dag H. park.
Caffine junkies deserve to be heavily taxed, no?
Of course I have a half day off today
Of course I get invited to play in a golf outing on a Tillinghast.
Of course it's raining cats-n-dogs.
Of course I get invited to play in a golf outing on a Tillinghast.
Of course it's raining cats-n-dogs.
| QUOTE (Cathy @ Sep 28 2004, 09:40 AM) |
| Badly bruised shoulder and knee from a spill last Friday - I tripped over a pile of wet floor mats in the bakery kitchen. I should keep a pair of treaded shoes in the office. |
I sympathize, but at least you have a plausible excuse. Saturday I tripped over my own feet and scraped my left elbow, then Sunday I fell up some stairs and bruised both knees.
Steph, I've done those too. 
My knees look like a 7 yr. old's, except for the cellulite.
My knees look like a 7 yr. old's, except for the cellulite.
I've been saving this one up until I calmed down, which has taken about twenty hours.
Went home without my keys last night. Had to return to the office to collect them. That means doing my commute three times in immediate succession, surrounded by all the additional chaos of tunnel fires and what have you. I was not a happy man last night.
Went home without my keys last night. Had to return to the office to collect them. That means doing my commute three times in immediate succession, surrounded by all the additional chaos of tunnel fires and what have you. I was not a happy man last night.
My sympathies. I've done that. Without the fires of course.
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Leaving the gym this afternoon, this thirty-somthing up-to-date type holds the door oh so graciously for the very attractive young Asian woman ahead of me. Then he looks at me, turns his back, and lets the door close in my face. In the reasons to be cheerful department, I'm pretty sure he heard me when I muttered "asshole" sotto voce.
I would have tried for "Thank you, Sunshine!" but probably gone for "asshole", too.
I have to move house tomorrow. Which means diswashing, house cleaning, refrigerator sluicing, suitcase packing, clothes washing (in the hateful laundromat) and stain-hiding.
Zits.
Am home sick. This has not been the best week for me.
Oh, Stephanie. Things have to be very miserable before I get homesick.
No, I've got a bad head cold--lots of nose blowing & so forth.
You need Pho. Great for head cold. Get extra chiles in it.
What's with all the sizing in new dish towels? It takes, like, 20 washings before they'll actually dry anything...and I'm talking 100% cotton here. I'm considering starting to buy up dish towels and launder them heavily in anticipation of some future drying requirement...
And why do toddlers like removing the dish towel from the kitchen, which of course you don't notice until your hands are soaking wet?
That's no toddler. That's a big girl. She knows from dish towels, I'm sure.
Feel sick. Dodgy chicken salad for lunch, maybe.
"Why can't I see anything in here?"
"You could always turn the light on..."
"You could always turn the light on..."
The lurgy that won't let me go
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Sorry you feel cruddy, V. 
But thanks for the new word: lurgy.
But thanks for the new word: lurgy.
Getting out of bed in the morning. Annoys me no end.
Sorry from me too, Vanessa!
The carpenter who insists on showing up *on time* the day after I had to get drunk debating the Presidential debate.
The carpenter who insists on showing up *on time* the day after I had to get drunk debating the Presidential debate.
Politics aside, I was amazed by the number of debate parties going on in bars around the neighborhood, complete with fancy dress and baloons. Is that a new tradition, or did I just not notice it last time?
Everyone I know was watching the debate -- either alone with a bottle of wine like me, or with a gang of friends. I didn't notice parties (see bottle of wine alone) but I heard a lot about parties too.
I hope someone was watching the Yankees. I saw the last inning.
Roy was at the game - he Tivo'd the debate.
Good for him.
An inevitable postscript to my posts on this thread:
Have just spent most of a Saturday ridding my PC of some very persistent spyware which was causing it to grind to a halt every 20 minutes or so.
The good news is I'm now using Firefox instead of IE - bloody hell it's fast
Have just spent most of a Saturday ridding my PC of some very persistent spyware which was causing it to grind to a halt every 20 minutes or so.
The good news is I'm now using Firefox instead of IE - bloody hell it's fast
Back at work and still not feeling up to par. This annoyance is becoming seriously annoying
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Have you been to a doctor, V? 
V, I empathize. Stuck at home today because the sinusitis always settles in my inner ear, and I can't walk down the street without weaving. Can't hear out of the left one in any case.
Doc said I could have surgery to clean out the sinuses, but 1) it's quite painful and 2) results are mixed.
Doc said I could have surgery to clean out the sinuses, but 1) it's quite painful and 2) results are mixed.
But you get to spend time with the kitties
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True. I fell asleep on the couch yesterday, and sweet Lucy kept coming over to poke at me - making sure I was still alive, maybe.
Feel better, Vanessa dear.
I fell asleep on the couch yesterday, and sweet Lucy kept coming over to poke at me - making sure I was still alive, maybe. Feel better, Vanessa dear.
Well, I'm off home a bit early 
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20 minutes re-dialing Per Se. Then another 23 minutes on hold (something like that because I started calling just before 10AM and got off at 10.43) by which time all dinner tables for Dec 4 were reserved. On the bright side I did get a lunch table.
I have a terrible sore throat and runny nose. I get this every year when the weather changes.
Feel better soon Vanessa
Cast you minds back to the new range i had last year.We having a refit in November so i thought it would be a good time to get the thing mounted on casters, and a flexi hose , to aid cleaning.Imperial want £200 a caster...thats £800 for 4 dear reader.What the fucks is that all about??? Why don't they just say we are not interested in supplying spares???Nice lady in Lecistershire is sending me some at £10.53 each + VAT
Cast you minds back to the new range i had last year.We having a refit in November so i thought it would be a good time to get the thing mounted on casters, and a flexi hose , to aid cleaning.Imperial want £200 a caster...thats £800 for 4 dear reader.What the fucks is that all about??? Why don't they just say we are not interested in supplying spares???Nice lady in Lecistershire is sending me some at £10.53 each + VAT
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